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KB Sentral Shopping Centre to Open

An artist’s impression of the soon to be completed Sentral Shopping
Centre in Kuala Belait. The integrated shopping mall comes with a hotel
and service apartments. Picture: Courtesy of KBSentral Property
Management

Fitri Shahminan

KUALA BELAIT, Saturday, November 8, 2014 - A NEW shopping mall in Kuala Belait, Sentral Shopping Centre, is expected to be operational by December this year and has set its sights on catching traffic flow from the borders, the developer of the commercial property said.

The integrated shopping mall, which comes with a hotel and service apartments also aims to cater to expatriates and residents of Kuala Belait, said General Manager of KBSentral Property Management, Abby Lim yesterday.

Over 80 per cent of the shop units at the upcoming shopping complex have been taken up by businesses, she said.

Now, only six units are left available.

Lim said Kuala Belait is known to be quiet and offers limited options for shopping and entertainment.

“We want to bring more life into KB, give residents in the district more options. We also hope to attract more shoppers from Miri, our neighbour,” she told The Brunei Times.

She added the company aims to help provide a strategic location for local busineses in Belait District.

Lim also hoped to employ more locals to work at the shopping centres.

“We want to provide more employment opportunities to the locals in the area,” she said. Located at the junction of Seria-Rasau Bypass Road and Jalan Pandan Lima, it is only a few minutes’ drive away from Kuala Belait and Seria Town.

Some of the main features of the shopping centre include supermarket, retail shops, food and beverages outlets, play zone, arcades and snow play cubicles.

Lim said a number of local and international food and beverage franchises will be there.

An atrium space is also suitable to become venues for exhibitions, events, activities and roadshows.

Lim said a four-unit cinema complex will also be available at the shopping centre.

Serviced apartments and a hotel will also be available equipped with facilities such as swimming pool, gym and garden courtyard, banquet hall, function hall, meeting rooms and free public parking area.

“We want to provide a complete one stop integrated shopping centre for the public,” she said.

DESPITE first making its appearance in the Sultanate during the 1940s, Kuih Mor continues to be a household favourite today as a tea time snack or festive treat particularly during Hari Raya Aidil Fitri.

Siti Norhafizah Hj Bagol, a final year student at Universiti Brunei Darussalam who researched on Kuih Mor as part of her Brunei Traditional Industry module, said the three-ingredient sweet treat may have existed in Brunei as early as the 1940s when padi was known to have been grown to make different food items.

Over time, the cookie has also become a popular door-gift choice often handed out at Malay weddings or gatherings, said Siti Norhafizah.

Made with flour, oil and granulated sugar which have been ground into a powder, the bite-sized biscuits have a crumbly texture and are coated with powdered sugar.

The age-old technique of making Kuih Mor by hand has however changed over the course of time, with many now opt…

BY COMMAND of His Majesty Sultan Haji Hassanal Bolkiah Mu’izzaddin Waddaulah ibni Al-Marhum Sultan Haji Omar ‘Ali Saifuddien Sa’adul Khairi Waddien, Sultan and Yang Di-Pertuan of Brunei Darussalam, the Prime Minister’s Office hereby announces that His Majesty has consented to the transfer and appointment of the following senior officers – Dato Paduka Haji Mohd Juanda bin Haji Abdul Rashid, Permanent Secretary (Law and Welfare) at the Prime Minister’s Office as well as the Director of Anti-Corruption Bureau and Solicitor General has been transferred to the Ministry of Culture, Youth and Sports as the Permanent Secretary at the Ministry of Culture, Youth and Sports; and Datin Elinda binti Haji CA Mohamed, Special Senior Duties Officer, Ministry of Home Affairs has been appointed as Permanent Secretary at the Prime Minister’s Office and Director of Anti-Corruption Bureau.